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3rd Interview at Mustafa

9 May, 2008 · Filed under JoOb Search, school, Xubi

This time we are armed with a recommendation from one of the staff. Chances are 99% of getting it.

Appointment was 12:30pm. I told him to be there by 12nn, so that if the person is free already then he can see him earlier then he can proceed to go to AMK with not much of rush to make it to his 3:20pm riding lesson.

Because the appointment was being set less than 24hours before the riding lesson, we were unable to cancel it. So i urged Z to really go there early and to really GO FOR IT otherwise my $25 will really be wasted just like that!

I suppose he did reach there on time… but the manager was busy the whole time… then it was lunch time… Then Z only managed to see him at 3pm!!!! 😦 😦 😦 I just pray and pray that he will land it this time. Then that $25 will not go unwasted. haha

But the manager only said, “We will call you.” and that if he doesnt call him by Wed, to come and see him again. I fear this part, this phrase. Maybe he doesn’t have a vacancy right now like how the poster outside their office is saying? Or maybe he’s arranging for work permit for Z?

*shrug* let’s just pray for the best.

Thanks to Fara and family and their friends once again.

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Pink

24 April, 2008 · Filed under friends, ME, opinions, school

It is strange how most of us girls will never get tired of the colour Pink.

We wore pink kain / skirts as part of our uniform for 12 long years of our lives. I imagine we would have gotten tired of the colour.

Nay!

We grew fonder and more attached to the colour!

Hmm I already have probably 1 dress, 4 shirts, 1 pants and 3 tudungs in many shades and patterns of Pink. But if i am allowed to buy new clothes, i would go for more pink!…

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Things I wanna do in 2008:-

2 January, 2008 · Filed under baby, Islam, ME, school, Urdu, work

  1. Fly to Pakistan
  2. Master cooking skills
  3. Master baby skills
  4. Continue my studies
  5. Perform Haj in what to be the last yr it will fall in Dec! Until the next 30yrs or so that is.
  6. Have a baby
  7. Fluent in Urdu. or at least manageable lah right.
  8. Read more inspirational books
  9. Go for more courses under company

My Studies.

As i get very encouraging comments about my Acturial pursuit, i tot, what the hell?, just cont my studies. I have paid it already. Even if i dont continue, i still hafta pay (unless i go thru the taxing legal procedure ergh). Hopefully, if Zubair’s got that Bike license already, he can ferry me to n fro. i WILL do it. i WILL get that degree!!

Haj.

My parents are going. The musafir (traveller) rate is SGD6,500 per person. Frankly, i dont know how i will ever make it there. But i leave it to Allah to arrange it for me. Its not just the money… but what if i’d be heavily pregnant by then? Am i fit enough to do all those? My exams would be around that period.

As a young girl, i’ve always tot its scary to go there bcos of the frequent stampedes in the crowd. I’ve always imagined that i’d do Umrah first to get the feel of things before going for Haj.

I changed my mind after reading Ahmad Thompson’s The Difficult Journey. I realised that you will only appreciate it if u faced difficulties trying to get something. Besides, the author also described how he felt overwhelmed by the Greatness and Beauty of Islam, of Allah when he saw the amount of pple gathering at one place in the name of the lord! to praise him. Doing Umrah first when its not packed, would somehow decrease the nikmat of seeing the Kaabah, the house of Allah, for the first time.

Why i NEED to do it this yr is because i would wanna go to Saudi in winter… when the weather is tolerable. I dont think i can bear to wait 30 odd years for Haj season to reach winter time again. Im afraid the feeling would be lost!

Urdu

Should i attend some courses? Buy some more CDs? Online learning? I hope to buy a pictionary or something when i visit there to help build my vocab. And need to practise constructing sentences!

The best of luck to all in achieving their targets for this yr. May it all be smooth sailing.

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Tribute to 2 Friends..

22 November, 2007 · Filed under friends, memories, school

I made 2 friends in the short first year at Stansfield. They are Lina and Wei Quan.

Hahah you might be thinking “Huh? Only 2?” But its a great achievement given that i hadnt made any long-term friends from my diploma course that spanned over 8mths.
Lina and i were both doing Bsc in Maths and Econs while Wei Quan was doing Bsc in Econs w Banking and Finance. We attended the core modules together.
I hit it off straight away with Lina on Orientation Day. I think she asked me how much i got for A Levels. Not seeing any other Malays around, i continued talking to her over tea break and found her very interesting. Her “forever Excited” demeanour is really infectious!

Being a shy “proper” girl, i dont outwardly go and make friends with males. Wei Quan was at first Lina’s friend whom we referred to as “Kawan” or friend in Malay.

We all exchanged email/MSN addresses and hp no. This is so that when one missed one class, the other can take his/her copy of notes being handed out. Wei Quan was missing a lot of classes at one point bcos he was very busy with work. We updated each other about important dates and exchanged assignments! hahah no no NOT to copy.. just to er.. gather information. LOL

Lina and i really hated this lecturer who taught us Banking and Finance. We often skipped 2nd period together bcos we totally cldnt figure out what the APEK (Chinese uncle) was saying with his improper English.

Lina introduced me to Aunty Anne’s and now im totally in LOVE with their pretzels!!

Lina is the catalyst to my marriage to Zubair bcos she was the one who invited me to http://www.lovehappens.com/ where i gotta know him.

So naturally, i update her a lot about our progress and she was simply ecstatic to know we were actually going to tie the knot. At that time, i really appreciated her positive attitude in taking the news. (I also appreciate all my other friends who cautioned me and showed me the dark possibilities for my consideration before taking the plunge.)

We even met up the week after my wedding to catch up. Apparently, Lina has taken up another Bsc course at UNSW. Some 3 – 4 months later, she got affected when UNSW closed shop in Singapore and took the opportunity to study in their Australia Uni where they were given subsidies. and she’s still eager to meet me in Dec to catch up again! hehe I’m really not used to have such good new friends. =)

As for Wei Quan, I’ve never met him after i quit sch. But we kept in touch via MSN. I would update him of job opportunities in my company. He would… well he would just ask how m i… and sometimes we discuss life theories and opinions heheh..

He is the link between me and Stansfield since he’s still there. I toyed with the idea to resume school, so he’d be the one i go to to ask whether exams’ over, how’s results, when to submit membership fees to London, etc. He is just so helpful! He promptly gave me RELC phone no cos i wanted to check if i can appeal to register membership. Regretfully, i never got around to it. Sheer procrastination!
I just wanna say that i’m grateful to have such good friends. I realised that i feel touched by their gestures that i resolve to keep in contact with my other friends also.

That’s Lina on my wedding day. Sadly, i dont have a photo of Wei Quan.
Do not despair! We’ll meet soon in December, yeah!?

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It’s friday! But where to go?

24 August, 2007 · Filed under dates, ramblings, school

I was googling for some place to go out to with Zubair tonight, when i stumbled upon this site.

Inexpensive Date ideas from Singapore Street Directory! hahaha Let me just pick out the interesting ones:

  1. Learn A New Skill: Gather some information on a skill you always wanted to learn and spend a day practicing it together. It could be a day of learning card tricks, learning how to juggle or learning to make bird calls. Any skill you have always wanted to try can make a fun and interesting date. Er… new skill? like what? Cooking? potting? sorry but this sounds more stressful and educational…
  2. College Events: If you live near a college or university, utilize their resources for your dates. Guest lectures, music recitals, art exhibitions and plays are common and are often free of charge. The quality can be excellent and the variety enormous. Yeah i remember going to Ayid’s sch concert and Zubair’s music sch concert. quite fun. but dont know if there’s any others any time soon?
  3. Follow Them Date: As the two of you meet, you look around and pick somebody out on the street. The date is to follow that person where ever he or she goes. Once that person has stopped or you can no longer follow them, pick another person to follow. Your bound to have loads of laughs as you attempt to stay with your designated guide. Sounds like fun! So long we dont get caught or reprimanded or threatened to be sued! haha
  4. Scavenger Hunt Date: When your date arrives, have him or her make a list of what he or she considers to be 20 unusual items. Once the list is made, the date will be to try and find as many of those items as possible. Or make the list in advance?
  5. Truth Or Dare Date: Pick some spots in your area to visit, but play truth or dare along the way. It doesn’t really matter where you go since the entertainment is doing the various dares that the other gives in addition to telling all the truths. Yeah i can ask Zubair to… ask a girl for her number? HAHAHAHA or… make it a guy!

Copyright (c) 2004, by Jeffrey Strain

This article may be freely distributed so long as the copyright, author’s information and an active link (where possible) are included.

So What shall we do tonight, honey?

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Fainting and Other Desires…

23 August, 2007 · Filed under ME, ramblings, school

My net friend broke her ribs when she fell from her bed due to pins and needles. She was hospitalised but recovering.

Zihah ever fainted in the bus on the way back from school bcos she was having very high fever.

I ever saw a man fainted and dropped like a tree with a LOUD thud at Tampines Stadium. He was an elderly man, standing while listening to the preach.

I thought to myself… how come i’ve never fainted? i want to know how it feels to faint. i want to see who will care for me…

But still i was afraid to play that game in sec sch. Remember how Kak Lin Ghazali and her cliques ran around to make themselves out of breath then the other will press their heart and they will suddenly drop on their feet? It was super interesting, i felt like trying it but it also felt like tempting death. It was forced and unnatural.

I want to faint naturally and genuinely.

Once upon a time, i had ever wondered how it feels to vomit.. Just as i turned 16yrs old, i got the chance. I returned from a camp at Gunung Ledang with extreme diorrhea (however u spell it). and i vomitted a lot of times… bcos my appetite didnt come down and i was still eating like normal.. the frequency and volume of the vomit were quite a few! It felt satisfying having ur guts thrown out. I felt like the merlion, spewing water. It was like spilling out porridge from your mouth.

But i dont like the kind of vomit that comes from nauseausness (ok again spell check!) bcos it will only come out salty saliva and nothingness from ur tummy. its not satisfying at all.

Once upon a time, i had also dreamed of being hospitalised. in 2003 or 2004 i had the experience. (of course i had been hospitalised when i was a baby bcos i fell from my cot but i was too small to remember that)

So anyways, having slept very late the night before my trip to Australia w friends, i discovered the next day, my eyes were very red. we thought, ok before going to airport, let’s pop into the doctor to grab some medicine and go. But instead, the doctor told me it wasn’t any ordinary sore eyes, it was cornea ulcer. he advised AGAINST travelling bcos the pressure might endanger my eye sight. i was being hospitalised at Mount Elizabeth Hospital for 4 days i think.

I was having a great time! I liked having visitors.. tho there were not many (and i deserve it bcos i dont alwyas visit my friends/relatives at the hospital haha).. i like having nothing to do but read, watch TV and sleep. I like that mummy urged me to pray while sitting down on the bed… i still remember the gifts i got. unfortuantely, the red heart pillow Sarah and Azma got me has since been disposed. (Sorry!!)

Fortunately, i got a two bedroom unit and my bed wasnt the one next to the windows. haha i remember bcos i had an eye patch, i cldnt wash my face and at the end of the 4 days, my nose was full of white heads!

Conclusion: i like to fall sick and feel pain and distraught and get the attention minus any deadly danger. SIOW.

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Starvation

16 August, 2007 · Filed under ME, ramblings, school

I used to not be able to stand starvation.

I cannot fast without having sahur before fajr first. Mummy will always packed more food for me than for Kak Long. and if she doesn’t want, i’ll gladly claim her share. I’ll certainly be the last to finish as buffets.. etc…

Yesterday, a new experience tiptoed on to me.

I ate 1 banana in the morning. Drank tea for lunch. 3 half slices of toast for tea. Dinner was 1 small chinese pear then half serving of mee siam. i felt great!

And this morning when i ate mee siam again, i felt full after just 3 or 4 mouthfuls!

I hope to keep this up till Dec.

Bismillah…

Note to self: Buy more fruits. (Grapes, pears, apples, oranges, mangoes, bananas)

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Ragdoll

15 August, 2007 · Filed under Downs, ME, ramblings, school

I feel like a ragdoll being tossed up then fell on the floor. Tossed up again only to left falling to the ground again…

Please consider my feelings. it hurts to bum on the ground.

I want to vent my anger, frustration and hurt but im afraid of the consequences. Must i be the one giving in each and every freaking time?!

My job’s on the line.

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No mood…

8 August, 2007 · Filed under Downs, ME, ramblings, school

…to write. But God.. please give me things to read… i wanna numb my brain.

Woke up at 2:30am and didnt/cldnt go back to sleep. My head is heavy, my heart weights a tonne, my feet drag themselves… and i still have class tonight.

Let me just die.

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And the Saga Continues…

1 August, 2007 · Filed under money, school

Background Story: I quit sch and want my refund back becos i paid all 3 years’ fees thru a loan. I understand if my 1st year is forfeited but even 2nd and 3rd year? I sent an appeal email to the manager a few weeks back.

When i called him if he’s received my email, he said please call back 1 or 2 weeks’ time, bcos he needs to ask his boss.

When i called up a week later, he said his boss said that they dont normally refund because its AGAINST their company policy, even on compassionate ground. however, he will appeal to the bigger boss.

Yet another week after (yesterday), i called again only to find out that they are still stubbornly sticking to their terms & conditions and not budging.

Me: *sad* Then where else can i appeal to?
Officer: CASE.
Me: But im not a member (The last time i read u need to be a member for at least 6 months)
Officer: U dont need to be a member
Me: Oh?
Officer: But if anybody ask you, dont say its from me

hehe… ok since he’s from the sch and he said that, i think i might have a good chance. Like probably, somebody else had done the same and succeeded?

Actually, our previous plan was to approach a lawyer (one of my father’s cousins) if this email appeal didnt come through. But at his suggestion, i decided to visit CASE site yet again. and these are what i found out:

  1. You DO need to be a member to file a complaint. but they recognise certain union group to be a member as well. Thankfully, i am an NTUC member under Singapore Insurance Employees Union which CASE recognised.
  2. CASE is a mediation centre, where two parties are called to discuss cordially as opposed to a lawyer suit. In the latter, u might get grilled by the lawyer and is very stressful or so i read in the papers
  3. They have 88% success rate.
  4. The rate for a mediation session for claims between 5k-10k is $15 (member) or $50 (non-member)
  5. They will advise further actions u can take if u persist when mediation fails.

After chatting with Kak Long on this, we decided yeah we should go to CASE first.

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